January 05, 2013

Old players' minutes have increased

DALLAS -- The one negative about overtime games is that players wound up playing a lot of minutes. And that's not necessarily good for an older team like the Dallas Mavericks.

Such was the case during Saturday's 99-96 overtime loss to the Orleans Hornets at American Airlines Center.

Vince Carter played 36 minutes, Shawn Marion played 35 and Dirk Nowitzki played 34. At 30.1 minutes per game, Marion was the only one of that trio who went into the game averaging over 30 minutes a contest.